Re: [alfa] GTV6 trim sought

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect that you are talking about the large, rectangular plastic 
"tea tray" in the center of the bonnet (hood). It's purpose is to 
protect the hood from getting dented if the car were to backfire and 
blow the large aluminum intake plenum off of the top of the motor. The 
idea, here, is, ostensibly, that a broken tea-tray is a lot easier and 
cheaper to replace than is bodywork on the hood. they are probably 
right.

I bought one from Alfa Parts Exchange (a large US Alfa dismantler last 
year for US$15.

209.833.8330


I'm sure they take them all off of every car they get. Don't know if 
they would ship it down under or not. I have seen other solutions, 
however, that I thought good although certainly not stock. One is to 
use some kind of screen (like the diamond-pattern screen often seen 
covering various inlets/outlets on race cars). Another is to have a 
metal replacement fabricated and louvered. Both the screen and the 
louvered metal have the advantage of being an air extractor for hot air 
trapped in the engine bay and would probably facilitate improved 
airflow through the radiator (after all, the top of almost any bonnet 
is a low pressure area when the car is moving - that's why your loose 
tea-tray flew off in the first place.). The downside of these schemes 
is, of course, that they let the rain (and car-wash water) into the 
engine bay.

Hope this helps

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'


On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 08:07 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:25:00 +0200
> From: Zak McGregor <zak@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] GTV6 trim sought
>
> Hi all
>
> With my GTV6's clutch arriving in a few day's time, I thought I may as 
> well
> tackle another issue. The black plastic bit flew off my bonnet (hood) 
> a long
> time ago at high speed and I have been unable to locate a replacement 
> for it
> anywhere. Does anyone know where I can try to find such an item, what 
> the part
> number may be and even what the hell it's called please? Also, what is 
> a
> reasonable price for it? I suspect that shipping it will be very easy 
> to do.
>
> Underneath the hole in the bonnet (hood) there is also some sort of 
> insulation
> material. Unfortunately that has become very damaged. Is it worth 
> replacing?
> Does it serve a useful purpose?
>
> Thanks all
>
> Ciao
>
> Zak
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